id: 86192 accession number: 2016.426 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.426 updated: 2024-03-26 01:55:56.062000 A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct station house for help. A concerned neighbor looks on, 1976. Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); paper: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.426 © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos title: A young boy who says he has been left alone comes to the precinct station house for help. A concerned neighbor looks on title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1976 creation date earliest: 1976 creation date latest: 1976 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: © Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos --- culture: America, 20th century technique: vintage gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Leonard Freed (American, 1929–2006) - artist Born in Brooklyn to Jewish, working-class parents of Eastern European descent, Leonard Freed (1929–2006) went to Europe to become a painter but instead discovered photography. After studying the medium in New York City, he worked as a documentary photographer and photojournalist in Europe. In 1972 he joined Magnum, the celebrated collaborative photo agency. Freed’s photographs in this exhibition are from Black in White America, a series inspired by an experience he had while covering the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. As he photographed an African American soldier guarding the border, it struck Freed that this man was risking his life to defend a country that limited his own rights. Freed returned to New York to undertake a multiyear exploration of African American life. Freed began shooting around New York, and then traveled extensively throughout the South. He spent time in communities getting to know his subjects, and kept a journal recording his impressions and their stories and words. During these years, he also covered Martin Luther King Jr. and numerous civil rights events, but when Freed published Black in White America in 1968, the book focused instead on the fabric of daily life. As a photojournalist, Freed was an observer rather than a participant, but not an impartial one. He believed that “photography is about who you are. It’s the seeking of truth in relation to yourself.” --- measurements: Image: 16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Stamped in brown ink on verso: “© Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, Inc.” Stamped in brown ink on verso: “BOOK PRINTS” Written in red marker on verso: “Police Work” Written in pencil on verso: “Book: “Police Work”/1978 New York City, USA” Stamped in black ink on verso: “VINTAGE PRINT” Written in pencil on verso: “78-9-7-15” Written in pencil on verso: “Leonard Freed (signed)” Written in pencil on verso: “LF-PW-102.02” Stamped in black ink on verso: “© Leonard Freed-Magnum” Imprinted on white adhesive label on verso: “[bar code] LAW 82FRL022+” Imprinted on white adhesive label on verso: “LAW ENFORC: Historical 1970/LAW 82FRL022+001” Imprinted on white adhesive label on verso: “1978. Young African American/boy in a police station.” Imprinted on white adhesive label on verso: “©1978 Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, Inc./FRL78009W07/15” Written in pencil on verso: “67092” Written in pencil on verso: “60365 [crossed out]” Written in pencil on verso: “78-9-7/15” Written in pencil on verso: “43908 [crossed out]” Written in pencil on verso: “38720 [crossed out] 40992 [crossed out]/44811 [crossed out]” Blue magnum stamp on verso, partially faded out Imprinted on white adhesive label on verso: “NOTICE/Photographs must be credited to the photographer and/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs my not be cropped/or altered in any way without prior written approval by/MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs consigned by/MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use may not be/scanned without the express written permission of/MAGNUM PHOTOS./VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USAGE FEE.” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES